Hasta La Gadget!

One of the best things about YouTube is that someone can post a video that, by and large, is widely distributed and widely hated, and like a phoenix, rising from the ashes of that video and its responses, can come something really interesting, fun to watch, and actually fun to watch, not to mention brighten our collective spirits. 

So when Jimmy Wong (that’s right, brother of YouTube star Freddie Wong) released his response to the horribly ignorant, racist, and largely reviled rant by Alexandra Wallace (which she quickly pulled from YouTube when people took notice) about the Asian people in the UCLA library, not only did Jimmy’s video become an instant YouTube hit, it racked up over 2 million views, landed his song for sale on iTunes, and put Jimmy on television and radio doing interviews about it. 

That’s just the beginning this week: if Jimmy’s song doesn’t give you a little hope for humanity, how about some penguins on an airplane? Or a kid finally giving his bully what-for? Perhaps a dancing Android will do the trick. Hit the jump to see it all.